So I am pulling my engine and swapping into a new chassis, while I'm in there I'm tackling my timing belts..etc.

Before I started pulling, I had oil that kept slinging on the hood, I changed the valve cover gasket and such and it didn't fix it, so I figured it was the cam seals. It looks like there is plenty of oil in the timing belt cover and related area.. it's also on my accessory belts.

As a side note, I only have the rear tab to hook the engine hoist to, but nothing on the front, is it safe to hook the hoist to one of the manifold runners on the exhaust manifold?

Thanks in advance!

Erick

Sounds like it's the cam seals, was there oil on the cam gears? If so, that's what was slinging it onto the hood. Easiest way to take out the seals is to just take the cap off and remove them, then reinstall the caps and then tap in the seals. Might want to replace idler and tensioner bearings along with tensioner, and front main seal too while your in there if there's a lot of miles on the motor. Not sure about lifting from the exhaust mani though. Anyone else?

Originally posted by ligerzero
I only have the rear tab to hook the engine hoist to, but nothing on the front, is it safe to hook the hoist to one of the manifold runners on the exhaust manifold? Thanks in advance! Erick

I don't have either of those tabs. I always run a chain through the manifolds. never had a problem and I've had my motor out quite a bit.